Maki (槇, "Podocarpaceae") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Maki resumed her duties once her damage was repaired and remained in home waters for the rest of the war.

Designed for ease of production, the Matsu class was smaller, slower and more lightly armed than the IJN's previous destroyers.

This was because they were intended to be used for second-line duties like escorting convoys, releasing the larger ships for missions with the fleet.

The ship was assigned to Destroyer Division 43, Escort Squadron 31 of the Combined Fleet on 30 September and participated in the Battle off Cape Engaño on 25 October as part of Vice-admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's Northern Force.

Together with her sister ship Kaya and the destroyer Hanazuki, Maki helped to escort the battleship Yamato through the Inland Sea on 6 April,[9] with the Yamato heading for a suicide attack against allied forces on Okinawa, as a part of Operation Ten-Go,[10] although Maki only went as far as the Bungo Straight.

The destroyer was turned over to Allied forces at Kure at the time of the surrender of Japan on 2 September and was stricken from the navy list on 5 October.